At least 12 people, including six children, were injured in a shooting Saturday near a football stadium in Tallahassee, Florida, on homecoming weekend for Florida A&M University, authorities said.3,4
Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell told reporters that no arrests had been made. In a statement, police said the preliminary investigation indicates that a fight broke out before the shooting. The fight followed a football game in a crowded area, and the investigation remains at a preliminary stage.3,4
Police said at least three of the shooting victims sustained serious injuries, while nine others are reported to be in stable condition. Eleven of the victims sustained gunshot wounds, according to police.3,4
Six of the injured are children. The accounts do not give the ages of the other injured people.2,3,4
Revell said, "Tonight, our thoughts are with the victims and their families as they face the devastating impact of this violence."4
NBC News gave the same total of 12 people injured in its headline, but described the group as including several minors rather than giving a figure for children.1
The New York Post's headline gave a different account of the same event. It put the number at 11 people, including six kids, shot in what its headline called a "bloody altercation" at a Florida university homecoming party. The Post's figure of 11 shot matches the 11 victims whom police said sustained gunshot wounds. Its description of a homecoming party, however, does not appear in the police account carried by ABC News and CBS News, which described a fight that followed a football game in a crowded area.2,3,4
The ABC News and CBS News accounts were both written by The Associated Press, and both contain the same police details on the injuries, the fight and the absence of arrests.3,4
The university said on social media that the shooting happened near its campus and that it remained safe. The ABC News and CBS News accounts do not identify any of the injured people.3,4
It is not yet known who fired shots, what caused the fight, or whether any arrests will follow. Police have described their findings as preliminary, and the sequence of events they outlined remains under that investigation.3,4
Revell also said, "It is especially heartbreaking to know that children are among those injured."4
